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From: "Ted Finch" <>
Subject: Re: [Mar] M.V BRITANNIC
Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2002 08:57:28 -0000
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Hi Mary,

Further to Ron's post, there is a comprehensive history of the BRITANNIC by
Capt. J. H. Isherwood in the July 1983 issue of Sea Breezes magazine. He
states "In Sep.1939 the BRITANNIC left the Clyde for Bombay and then
returned with British personnel, after that rather disappearing from the
records. However, as one of the largest Allied Transports, she was mainly
engaged in the transport of troops to the major theatres of war. She
travelled trans-Atlantic and at least once round Africa to Suez. In 1943 she
carried troops from the USA to Algiers for the Sicily invasion and by 1944
had carried 20,000 US troops to the UK for the Normandy Invasion. She was
released from war service in 1947".
As Ron states, there is no proof that she didn't sail to Russia and there
are instances where British personnel were repatriated from the Crimea on
British ships after the war ended.

regards
Ted

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From: Mary Carey <>
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Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 8:23 PM
Subject: [Mar] M.V BRITANNIC


> How can I find out if the BRITANNIC sailed to RUSSIA during WW11 ?
>
> Cheers,
> MARY in Liverpool.
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